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THE BARRON OF THE PLASTIC KINGDOM

John Shepherd-Barron was a Scotsman. In the 1960s he came up with the idea that he should be able to get his money even if the banks were closed and he created a machine which he could use a card to dispense money. Gee, you’re thinking; why didn’t he use an ATM? Because there weren’t any and that is what he invented. Yes, the crude form beginnings had some glitches, but it was refined and it is worth noting that in its original form a customer was not able to withdraw more than $14.00 in cash at a time. Now there is over 1.7 million ATMs around the world, you can draw great amounts of your own funds out, which seems only fair. We owe his wife one little debt of convenience; he suggested a six number pin and she said four would be fine and he went with that. We are a plastic kingdom and John Shepherd-Barron was the first Barron. He was born in India in 1925 to Scottish parents.